eeyore writes on Mar 28 1999:
 
 
> Rules Question: Is offsides negated if  the other team knocks the pck
> into its own defensive zone?  I know I've seen this called offsides lots
> of times.  Did the officials just blow it those other times?  This was a
> huge play, as UNH's only goal in regulation came when Jason Krog was
> clearly offsides with less than fifteen seconds left in the first period
> when the puck bounced off of a Michigan skate back into the zone.
 
The refs got this one right. Offsides is negated when the defensive team puts the puck into their own zone, even if opposing players are still in the zone as well. UNH had this same rule work against them two years ago. Against BU, with the regular season title on the line, UNH's Tom Nolan brought the puck back into the UNH zone when the entire BU team was still their. They promptly stole the puck from Nolan and scored to tie the game. The game, and the regular season title, remained tied.
 
>  Most surprising
> was Scott Clemmensen.  I've never seen him play that well, and the first
> goal he gave up to CC was the same old thing: bad rebounds.  After that,
> though, he tightened up for the whole weekend.
>
 
In a between periods interview, Jerry York said that Clemmensen came into this series as confident as he has ever been in his carreer. It showed in his play.
 
George Downing  UNH '92
 
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